After rebirth, I made a fortune by setting up a stall

Zhu Xun heard the words and took a tight breath.He bypassed the three of them and went out to check.

Night had already fallen, and the originally empty villages were lit with candles from house to house.Gradually, some villagers went out slowly, sweeping the floor, picking vegetables, and casting nets in their courtyards... The dark green light overflowed from the house and hit their pale faces, making them feel even more strange.

Under the moonlight, the whole village was silent.

"The living dead can't see the light of day, presumably that's why they can't be found during the day." Yu Yan spoke while standing in the room.He paused, then cast out his doubts again, "But what happened to this village? How come the whole village is..."

"No." Zhu Xun turned cold and interrupted him, "There is one exception."

After saying that, he dodged in an instant and disappeared in place.

"Senior..." Yu Yan's heart tightened, and he subconsciously turned his gaze to Ning Yuezhi.The latter sensed his gaze and explained calmly, "There is a stone temple at the end of the village, where we met an old man yesterday evening."

You Wang waved his hand and took out the book of life and death, closed his eyes and searched with his spiritual sense.

A few seconds later, he opened his eyes again, "This village used to have a population of more than 65 households, but now we see [-] cases of living dead."

"It is recorded in the book of life and death that there is indeed one person who survived for a thousand years." You Wang took back the book of life and death, turned to look at Ning Yuezhi, and said with certainty, "Is that the old man you mentioned?"

Ning Yuezhi remembered the identity of the old man, and nodded lightly, "It should be."

Yu Yan learned of You Wang's true identity through the "Book of Life and Death".He pursed his lips, polite and gentle, "...Yan Wang, according to what you said, there should be more than a hundred people in this village, where are their traces?"

"Their fate is not in the underworld."

While speaking, You Wang felt a little more hostile.

According to common sense, the souls of ordinary people after death will be guided and automatically drift to the underworld.The ghost messengers of the underworld will determine their well-being and condemnation according to their merits and demerits during their lifetime, and then bring these souls into reincarnation in batches.

But in this village, the remaining one hundred people have completely disappeared from the book of life and death!

"Not in the underworld?" Yu Yan didn't understand the meaning of these words.

"There is only one possibility to disappear from the book of life and death." Ning Yue frowned slightly, he quickly restrained his emotions, and said the answer in his heart, "The soul flies away."

Even the three souls and seven souls are all gone, so how could they appear in the book of life and death?

"Yes, this is the only possibility." You Wang felt something in his heart, and his voice sank a little.

That was the case with Zhu Xun back then.Still relying on him line by line... I searched through the entire book of life and death day and night, but I couldn't find any sporadic content about him.

Ning Yuezhi lowered his eyes without saying a word, and disappeared in place in an instant.

Yu Yan and You Wang came to their senses and rushed to follow.

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Zhu Xun landed in front of the stone temple first, and walked straight to the closed temple gate.The papered doors and windows have long been damaged, easily revealing the darkness and quietness inside.

"Old man, are you there?"

Zhu Xun knocked on the door and stood still waiting for a reply.No one answered, only the rustling of the sea breeze blowing through the surrounding woods.Just when Zhu Xun was hesitating, a figure suddenly passed by the window quickly.

"Who!"

Zhu Xun pushed the door open and entered, being vigilant about everything in the temple.

Although the stone temple looked dilapidated from the outside, the interior furnishings were exceptionally clean, and even the ground was not stained with much dust.There is a huge altar in the center, and an old thin straw mat is placed under the platform. It seems that people kneel down all year round.

Zhu Xun casually lit the red candle on the altar, and raised his hand to shine a light on it.

Sure enough, a huge mahogany wooden idol was enshrined above.The skirt carved out of the puppet was reddishly red under the candlelight.The long hair as black as ink fell on both sides. When you look closely, the strands of the puppet's hair are clearly carved...

It is not difficult to see the degree of care of the sculptor.

The candlelight extended to the puppet's face, and it turned out to be another faceless female statue!

Zhu Xun narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes moved under the candlelight, as if they were so sharp that they could seduce people's hearts.

The village of the living dead, ghosts with two heads, female statues without faces... What secrets does this village hide?

"senior."

"Zhu Xun."

There was a timely call from outside.Zhu Xun turned sideways and responded in a low voice, "I'm in the temple, you come in..." Before he finished speaking, Zhu Xun froze in one place from the corner of his eye.Without waiting for the reaction of the three people outside, he quickly approached.

When Ning Yuezhi entered, he saw that Zhu Xun was staring at the stone wall of the temple in a daze, and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Come closer." Zhu Xun saw the light in Yu Yan's hand, and added, "Yu Yan, come here quickly, and shine the light on the stone wall."

"it is good!"

Yu Yan obeyed, and even You Wang approached with another light.

The strong light illuminated the entire stone wall, and only then did a few people realize that there were murals on the wall.Probably because of the age, the murals are almost blurred, and there are very few murals that can be discerned with the naked eye.

"The painting seems to be this village?" Zhu Xun vaguely guessed.

"Look over here, there's a woman on this mural." Ning Yuezhi pointed out, reaching out his hand to smear some wall material on the skirt of the woman in the painting.He rubbed his fingertips lightly, and then concluded, "It's cinnabar ingredients."

Zhu Xun came to his senses, "You mean the woman in this painting...could be the real body of the faceless statue in red on the altar?!"

"A reasonable guess." Ning Yuezhi responded.

You Wang glanced at the statue above the altar, corresponding to the mural, "There is no face on the wooden idol, and the woman on the painting is only profiled."

"Senior, look at this!" Yu Yan shouted, pointing to another place, "This woman's hands and feet seem to be bound? But what are the paintings around her?"

Zhu Xun's eyes narrowed slightly, and he saw the pattern beside her clearly, "Is it in the shape of an ocean wave?"

As soon as the words fell, a possibility burst out in his mind.Almost at the same time, Zhu Xun heard himself and Ning Yuezhi say a word in unison.

"This is the Sea Festival!"

"Sea Festival."

Yu Yan has long been used to the tacit understanding between the two of them, and after a short pause, he figured out what was going on, "Senior, what do you and Mr. Ning mean, that this woman became a sacrifice while she was alive, and died in the sea alive? "

Zhu Xun glanced at Ning Yuezhi, who had the same thoughts, and curled his lips together, "It's just a reasonable guess."

Ning Yuezhi met his gaze when he heard the words, and his eyes were clear, "I heard that in ancient times, many fishing villages had the custom of sea sacrifices."

Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, the people in ancient times lived by this, and regarded the gods of heaven and earth as extremely important.In order to show the reverence for the gods and make the weather more favorable, sacrifices are inevitable.

It's just that the sacrificial objects vary in size, from as light as wreaths and money paper to as heavy as ten thousand guan gold.As for living animal sacrifices, most of them are chickens, ducks, fish, sheep and pigs... There are very few examples where the lives of living people can be sacrificed.

"It would be too pitiful if the woman in this painting was sacrificed alive." Yu Yan frowned, obviously sympathizing with the sacrifice of living people.

In his view, everything in the world has aura.He knew better that very few ghosts and gods would take mortal sacrifices seriously.It is not worthwhile for a real young woman to sacrifice her innocent life in such a thing.

When Ning Yuezhi heard the words, he left some leeway, "Even if the village held a sea sacrifice before, we have no way to verify the woman's wishes."

"The woman's wishes are not clear, but the wishes of the villagers are very clear." Zhu Xun turned to look at the wooden idol, his eyes flickering slightly, "Every household in this village has altars, and once the red incense candles used for worship are used The light will be replaced with a new one. Even this wooden idol is carved to the extreme in detail."

If it weren't for sincere worship and belief, how could it be implemented so well.

"I heard that ghosts and gods who have gained the belief of mortals will greatly increase their spiritual power under repeated prayers?" You Wang asked aloud to regain some sense of existence.

After Zhu Xun finished listening, he looked at him in surprise, and teased, "You Wang, I didn't expect you to know these ghosts and gods very well."

You Wang nodded, and responded calmly, "Well, these routines are all in modern ghost novels."

"..."

Yu Yan on the side almost confiscated his expression.

It was rumored that the king of Hades, who frightened all ghosts, was standing here talking nonsense?Sure enough, after following the senior for a long time, he could encounter any strange things.

Zhu Xun moved his wrist, walked slowly to the puppet girl, and said in a deep voice, "If there are ghosts or gods, just try it."

"Senior, what are you going to do?"

Zhu Xun stared at the wooden idol, and a faint red spiritual power circulated in his palm, "Didn't it mean that the statue is psychic? If the ghosts and gods that the villagers believe in really exist...as long as I damage this puppet, the ghosts and gods will know. Why don't you come and settle accounts with me?"

Yu Yan was speechless, and only thought to himself—Senior, your method is really stubborn and unique.

Ning Yuezhi clenched his fist to his lips, and the helplessness flashed in his eyes.

You Wang had no scruples and whispered, not forgetting to vote for Zhu Xun, "Zhu Xun, your idea is good."

"I think it's good too." Zhu Xun responded jokingly, and the spiritual power covering his palm became brighter and brighter.He looked up, and before he could unleash his spiritual power, a strange black mist hit him first.

Zhu Xun dodged sideways, using his spiritual power to disperse the black mist.

The double-headed ghost appeared from behind the female puppet statue, and the surrounding hostility was full.Both heads and four eyeballs of the ghost stared at Zhu Xun, warned in a deep voice, and said in unison, "Don't even think about destroying this wooden statue!"

Zhu Xun's expression became clear, and he snorted, "I guessed that the ghost that passed by just now was you! Brother Gui, last time you escaped through the air, but today you don't have this chance."

As soon as the words fell, the ghost with two heads jumped out of the way first, and left the temple.

"Yu Yan, protect the two of them!" Zhu Xun left this sentence and quickly followed out.Ning Yuezhi saw the direction he was leaving, and meditated silently.

In an instant, Jilan, who had received the guidance, flew out of his Naling bag, and the sword body emitted a dazzling red light, heading straight for Zhu Xun.

Yu Yan looked at Jilan who was galloping away, and from the corner of his eye looked at the people on the left and right, dared to think or not to speak.

Senior, you may not think of...

These two really don't need my protection.

The author has something to say: Xun Xun'er: It's really troublesome to catch ghosts with two ordinary people [求手.jpg]

Yu Xiaoyan: I dare not say, I dare not say, I dare not say...

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